My first Award – meine erste Auszeichnung

I am delighted to tell you that my blog has received an award – the “Very Inspiring Blogger” Award.

I have received this award from Jana from Me & My Veritas – who in return I actually find most inspiring. Not only does she write about my favourite hobby: Sewing, but she also has a lot of tutorials on her blog for crafting with kids. Actually my kids and I are currently in the making of this Lookout with stairs, a beautiful wooden toy they can use in the garden. Check out Jana’s blog, she has many more interesting tutorials there as well.

Now to the rules of this award, I am going with the ones that Jana has detailed on her page:

Award Guidelines:

Thank the person who nominated you and add a link to their blog.

Display the award logo in a blog entry.

List the award guidelines so your nominees will know what to do.

State three things that inspire you the most.

Nominate other blogger friends for the award.

The things that inspire me the most:

Watching my children grow. I find nothing as inspiring as watching children grow and develop and learn and observe things. Children allow you to see through their mini-eyes again, but they also teach you about yourself. How do you react when you are happy, when you are sad or angry – your children will show you, because they mimic you. This often makes me step back for a moment and think about myself and my (re)actions more than I would have done prior to having kids.
Plus, kids are cute and it’s fun to make something for them 😉

Details. I could not think of a better word, but I love the little things your eyes catch when you pay attention to your surroundings. When I see an ornament someone painted on a wall (which I have often seen in Iran), when I see a little bit of colorful fabric that adds a fun detail to an otherwise gray suit, or a lovely, maybe lonely flower in a neglected corner of a garden, then these things inspire me. I have to take a picture of it, or sketch it on paper, or just remember it (if I can – I’m getting older, you know) and then I use it and turn it into something else. Like a print on fabric, or decoration for the house, a bag of a certain shape or fabric, etc.

Travelling. Just like your children, travels can also teach you about yourself. Like the traditions you have grown up with that might not have a meaning in the new country. And like breaking these traditions and adapting to others’ habits to broaden your own mind. Like picking from other cultures what can enrich your own. And so on, the list is very long. Might be the beginning of a new blog post 😉

And now comes the fun part. I get to nominate other bloggers that have inspired me. Once again, I would like to remind you of Jana’s blog, which has inspired me probably more than mine has inspired her, but here are a few others worth looking at also and who I think have deserved this award as well. I know some of them might be way to busy to be interested in getting an award from me, but I will nominate them anyway, because they have inspired me and it’s just how I feel:

Diana Darke from http://dianadarke.com/. I encourage you to read her blog. She is a Middle East expert and focusses on Syria and its current situation. I think it is very important to listen to (or read about) what she has to say.

Gillian from Crafting a Rainbow: https://craftingarainbow.wordpress.com/ . She not only reviews patterns from the big companies, but also from Indie Designers, which I think is great. I am hoping to be one myself one day and can only learn from her honest opinion.

Tamara from Ma’s Malbuch (Partially in English too) http://masmalbuch.blogspot.de/– Tamara is actually a friend of mine and I knew about her scrapbooking creations since a very long time. I always loved what she did, she is a very creative person.

Kasia from Mäde by Kasia http://www.madebykasia.com/. Her blog was one of the first I discovered on the web, she also is a great creator who puts a lot of fun into her designs. Lovely for embellishing kid’s clothes!

Rebecca from Pech & Schwefel (German only) https://www.pechundschwefel.eu/ – I especially love the pictures on her blog. So beautiful. She shares tutorials about many different craft types.

Now, have a read through these blogs. This list has no specific order, I just mentioned the blogs how they came into my mind. Click on anyone and I am sure, you won’t be disappointed!

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2 thoughts on “My first Award – meine erste Auszeichnung”

Oh, this is such a wonderful post. I am glad you wrote about your sources of inspiration, too! They describe you in a very special way. I am going to check out your nominees now…. That will be so much fun… See you around and all the best, Jana